Cycle Tracking for Family Setup watch

[acousticbiker]

Our daughter’s Apple Watch is on Family Setup.

In Settings on her watch, in Cycle Tracking, it says ‘Setup Cycle Tracking on iPhone’.

In the Health app on the iPhone her watch is paired to, under Sharing, I don’t see any cycle information.

If I setup Cycle Tracking in the Health app, will it then allow use of this function on my daughter’s watch?

 

[StealthRider]

Our daughter’s Apple Watch is on Family Setup.

In Settings on her watch, in Cycle Tracking, it says ‘Setup Cycle Tracking on iPhone’.

In the Health app on the iPhone her watch is paired to, under Sharing, I don’t see any cycle information.

If I setup Cycle Tracking in the Health app, will it then allow use of this function on my daughter’s watch?

Are...are you trying to track your daughter's menstrual cycles via Family Sharing?

 

[waw74]

Are...are you trying to track your daughter's menstrual cycles via Family Sharing?

no, they're not
the daughter is trying to track, but the watch is on family setup, which is not the same family sharing. Family setup allows you to have a watch for someone who doesn't have a phone. The watch is lightly tied to a phone since you need one to activate it, but they're not paired in the normal way.

to the OP... you can't do it.
from the apple help page about family setup

The following features and apps are not available: Medications, respiratory rate, irregular heart rhythm notifications, ECG, Cycle Tracking, Sleep, Wrist Temperature, Blood Oxygen, Audiobooks, Remote, News, Home, and Shortcuts.

Set up Apple Watch for a family member - Apple Support

Family Setup lets family members who don't have their own iPhone enjoy the features and benefits of an Apple Watch.

support.apple.com

 

[acousticbiker]

no, they're not
the daughter is trying to track, but the watch is on family setup, which is not the same family sharing. Family setup allows you to have a watch for someone who doesn't have a phone. The watch is lightly tied to a phone since you need one to activate it, but they're not paired in the normal way.

to the OP... you can't do it.
from the apple help page about family setup

Set up Apple Watch for a family member - Apple Support

Family Setup lets family members who don't have their own iPhone enjoy the features and benefits of an Apple Watch.

support.apple.com

Correct, I want my daughter to be able to track her cycles. Since it’s not possible to do via Family Setup, I then tried installing one of the cycle tracking apps but don’t see a way to add 3rd party apps via Family Setup - am I missing a way to do this?

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Correct, I want my daughter to be able to track her cycles. Since it’s not possible to do via Family Setup, I then tried installing one of the cycle tracking apps but don’t see a way to add 3rd party apps via Family Setup - am I missing a way to do this?

I’m not sure how you’ve tried, but typically you find the app in the App Store on the watch, and install it from there.